Gig-saddle



(No Model.)

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am SADDLE.

No. 274,260. Patented WITNESSB 4 ATTORNEYS.

N. PETERa Phowumegnpber. wuhngion. D. C,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH EEVAED, OEWOOSTER, OHIO.

GIG-SADDLE.

SPECIFCATION forming' part o f Letters Patent No. 274,260, dated March 20, 1883. Application tiled December30,1882. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH BEVIIRD, of Wooster, in the county of Wayne and State of Ohio, have invented a new and` useful Improvement in Gig-Saddles,ot'which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

Reference 'is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the gures.

Figure 1 is a sectional front elevation of a ,gig-saddle madein accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a plan view ot' one side ofthe saddle with the outsidestrap removed, showing the opening through which the terret-nnt may be putin place and removed without rip-` ping or cutting the pad, and Fig. 3 is an iuverted broken plan view of one side of the saddle with the cushion removed, showing the pocket for the terret-nut, the opening through which it is pnt in pla-ce and removed, the metal plate and the nuts for receiving the terret, and ordinary screws by which the skirt and tree are secured to the saddle.

A represents the skirt ofthe saddle; B, the pad or cushion; C, the outside strap; E, the tree, and F the terrets.

The pad Bis formed of the leather outer portion, a, inner cloth portion, b, and stuing c. To the inner surface of the outer portion, a, of the pad is secured, by small tacks or nails, the curved 4Inetal plate G, which serves to give `form to the saddle. Near the upper end of this plate is formed adepression and opening, g,in which the terret-nutd is placed, which is adapted to receive the screw-shank of the ter- -ret F, for securing the tree E, skirt A, outer strap, O, and the terret itself together. f is the lower nut for holding the lower end of the pad B and the skirt A together. This nut is secured to the inner surface ofthe outside portion, a, ot' `the pad, preferably by small nails, and is adapted to receive the screw-threaded portion ofthe screw H, which secures the pad and skirt together, the head of which screw is 4 5 covered and wholly concealed by the outside strap, C, as will be understood from Fig. 1.

h is an opening made through the outer portion, a, of the pad, and is for the purpose of permitting the insertion of the terret-.nnt d i11- to and its removal from the pad without cutting or otherwise defacing the pad. The nut willfbe inserted between the skirt A and the outer portion, a, of the pad, and will he heldin the pocket t, formed bythe stripof leather J, tacked over the plate G and opening It, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3. Without this opening It the under part of the pad would have to be cut to change the nut, which would injure the pad and at the same time require considerable time and labor, whereas by my meth-l od the nut may be very quickly and easily changed without in any manner harming theV pad.

A gig-saddle constructed in this manner is very compact and solid and strong, and all the screws used are concealed; and the saddle is very cheap, since no extra loops or short straps or other separate fastenings are requiredfor securing the parts together.

Having' thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to'secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination, with the pad B, the terret F, and n ut d, of the curved metal plate Gr, having acountersunk opening, g, and secured to the inner surface of the pad, substantially as herein shown and described.

2. The pocket t', formed near the top of the saddle .by the outer part, a, and the strip or piece of leather J, for receiving the terret-nnt,

the parta being formed withopening h, through which the nut may be inserted and removed without injury to the pad, as set forth..

JOSEPH BEVARD. Witnesses:

WILSON S. OER, DAVID THOMPSON DOWNING. 

